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Upcoming on ClubWPT: WPT Borgata Poker Open Satellite (Sunday, July 7 @ 4:00PM ET)
| Earnings | $182,514 |
| Cashes | 1 |
| Final Tables | 1 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 3 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
31,260,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 3
2,598,000
Day 4
6,170,000
Day 4-
5th
Level 34: 100,000-200,000, 25,000 ante
James Anderson raises from the cutoff to 425,000, Mike Gogliormella calls from the button, and Jeremy Druckman moves all in from the big blind for 4,875,000. Anderson moves all in over the top, and Gogliormella folds.
Druckman turns over A
10
, but he'll need to improve to stay alive against Anderson's KK
.
The board comes K
8452, and Anderson wins the pot with a set of kings to eliminate Druckman in fifth place.
Jeremy Druckman - Out in 5th Place ($182,514)
Level 34: 100,000-200,000, 25,000 ante
Seat 1: JEREMY DRUCKMAN - 6,170,000 (61 bb)
Jeremy Druckman is a 22-year-old professional poker player that is quite a long way from home. He is from Portland, Oregon originally, but attended the University of Pennsylvania to study Risk Management and Psychology. He has been playing poker for three years and he has two previous tournament cashes, which both came at the Borgata. The Borgata Winter Poker Open is his first World Poker Tour main event and he has made it a successful one (Druckman is guaranteed at least ($147,671). Druckman will have his girlfriend in the crowd supporting him today as he enters the final table in third chip position.
Level 33: 75,000-150,000, 20,000 ante
Andy Hwang min-raises under the gun to 300,000, Jeremy Druckman moves all in from the hijack for 2,780,000, and Hwang calls with AJ. Druckman turns over 66, and it's a race situation.
The board comes Q8384, and the pocket sixes hold for Druckman to win the pot and double up in chips.
Seat 1. Jeremy Druckman - 5,905,000 (39 bb)
Seat 2. Matthew Salsberg - 1,575,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3. Matt Haugen - 8,020,000 (53 bb)
Seat 4. James Anderson - 5,955,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5. Mike Gogliormella - 2,640,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6. Andy Hwang - 7,045,000 (46 bb)
Level 31: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Andy Hwang min-raises from the cutoff to 200,000, Jeremy Druckman calls from the button, and Matt Haugen reraises from the big blind to 725,000. Hwang folds, and Druckman calls.
The flop comes 874, Haugen bets 800,000, Druckman raises to 1,695,000, and Haugen calls. The turn is the 5, and both players check.
The river is the K, Haugen checks, Druckman bets 1,950,000, and Haugen calls. Druckman shows 99, but Haugen turns over QQ to win the largest pot of the tournament so far -- more than 9 million in chips.
Seat 1. Jeremy Druckman - 2,460,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2. Matthew Salsberg - 3,450,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3. Matt Haugen - 11,240,000 (112 bb)
Seat 4. James Anderson - 6,170,000 (61 bb)
Seat 5. Mike Gogliormella - 1,855,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6. Andy Hwang - 5,785,000 (57 bb)
Level 31: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Seat 1: Jeremy Druckman - 6,170,000 (61 bb)
Jeremy Druckman is a 22-year-old professional poker player that is quite a long way from home. He is from Portland, Oregon originally, but attended the University of Pennsylvania to study Risk Management and Psychology. He has been playing poker for three years and he has two previous tournament cashes, which both came at the Borgata. The Borgata Winter Poker Open is his first World Poker Tour main event and he has made it a successful one (Druckman is guaranteed at least $147,671). Druckman will have his girlfriend in the crowd supporting him today as he enters the final table in third chip position.
Seat 2: Matthew Salsberg - 1,920,000 (19 bb)
Champions Club member Matthew Salsberg needs very little introduction. He won the WPT Grand Prix de Paris this past fall and he is in the running for WPT Season XI Player of the Year. This will be Salsberg's second WPT final table and his third cash on the tour. In addition to his win in Paris, Salsberg also took 42nd place at the Legends of Poker in Season X. Salsberg is also a Producer and Writer in Hollywood, where he formerly worked on the Showtime comedy Weeds. He has been playing in a lot more poker tournaments since the conclusion of that series and his success rate speaks for itself.
Seat 3: Matt Haugen - 3,235,000 (32 bb)
Matt Haugen is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Ann Arbor, Michigan that currently lives in Chicago. He attended the University of Florida before getting into poker. Haugen has $169,485 in prize money and he will surely double that number with a cash today. Haugen begins in fourth chip position at the final table. This is his second WPT event and first cash on the tour.
Seat 4: James Anderson - 7,830,000 (78 bb)
Jim Anderson enters today’s final table in second chip position. He is a 26-year-old poker professional who has been playing for six years. He is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Ohio. He has over $800,000 in career earnings and his largest previous cash was a first-place finish at a World Series of Poker Circuit regional championship event at the Horseshoe Hammond casino that was good for $525,449. This is his first WPT final table.
Seat 5: Mike Gogliormella - 2,225,000 (22 bb)
Mike Gogliormella is from the Bronx in New York City and he works in Brokerage Operations. Mike has been doing that for the past 14 years but he decided to enter his first World Poker Tour event here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. He has turned $3,500 into a six-figure score in Atlantic City. He is in fifth chip position at the start of the final table. He is married with two children and earned a degree in Marketing from St. Johns University. The 39-year-old is an active player at the tables that describes his playing style as loose.
Seat 6: Yung "Andy" Hwang - 9,550,000 (95 bb)
Andy Hwang enters the final table with the chip lead, which is a title he has held in this tournament for quite some time. Hwang was a dominant chip leader throughout the play-down day on Thursday and if things go well he could claim the top prize in this tournament worth $730,053. That would top his largest previous cash, which was a fifth-place finish in the World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship in 2012 (good for $103,322). The 27-year-old poker professional from Houston, Texas has $247,099 in career earnings but this is his first WPT cash.
Level 30: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #80 - Yung Hwang min-raises from middle position to 160,000, Jeremy Druckman reraises from the cutoff to 440,000, and Jeremy Stein moves all in from the button for about 620,000.
Hwang folds, and Druckman calls with KQ. Stein turns over AQ, and he is a dominant favorite to double up here.
The board comes 842K3, and Druckman pairs his king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Jeremy Stein in eighth place.
Jeremy Druckman - 5,020,000 (62 bb)
Jeremy Stein - Out in 8th Place ($89,598)
Level 30: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #71 - Yung Hwang min-raises from the hijack to 160,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #72 - Yung Hwang min-raises from middle position to 160,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #73 - Jeremy Druckman min-raises from the hijack to 160,000, and Jim Anderson calls from the big blind. The flop comes AQ9, Anderson checks, Druckman bets 120,000, and Anderson calls.
The turn is the 2, Anderson checks, Druckman bets 275,000, and Anderson calls. The river is the 8, Anderson checks, Druckman bets 750,000, and Anderson calls.
Druckman shows 99 to win the pot, and Anderson mucks.
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 4,000 ante
Jeremy Druckman raises under the gun to 106,000, WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock reraises from the button to 240,000, and Druckman moves all in.
Serock calls all in for about 1.25 million with AK, but Druckman dominates him with AA. The two players are nearly even in chips.
The board comes K84Q5, and Serock pairs his king on the flop but improves no further. Druckman wins the pot with his pocket aces.
Their chip stacks are counted down, and Druckman has Serock ever-so-slightly covered -- Joe Serock is eliminated.
Jeremy Druckman - 2,600,000
Joe Serock - Out in 14th Place ($28,207)
Level 26: 15,000-30,000, 3,000 ante
Patrick Chan raises under the gun and Jeremy Druckman calls from the big blind.
The flop falls T63 and Druckman checks. Chan continues for 70,000 before Druckman near clicks it back to 145,000. Chan comes over the top to 300,000, only to see Druckman move all in for 839,000. Chan tanks, but folds.
Jeremy Druckman - 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Patrick Chan - 610,000 (20 bb)
Level 25: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
Action folds to Sam Taylor in the small blind and he raises to 62,000. Jeremy Druckman three-bets to 174,000 from the big blind, but Taylor comes right back over the top with a four-bet to 575,000. Druckman five-bet shoves with the the bigger stack and Taylor calls all in for 1,138,000 with 66, racing with the AQ of Druckman.
The flop falls Q33 to pair Druckman, but the 6 lands on the turn to give Taylor sixes full. The 2 river is no help to Druckman and secures the pot for Taylor.
Sam Taylor - 2,300,000 (95 bb)
Jeremy Druckman - 1,120,000 (46 bb)
